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Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

Please if there is any mistake in the use of the Past simple, past continuous and past perfect; tell me why to choose another tense: Zeina and Rana were born and went school in Aleppo, but they hadn't met until they were at university. 'I had just come back from a two year trip abroad and I hadn't known anybody', says Zeina. 'Rana worked in the library then, and I saw her every day. I liked her straightaway'. Zeina didn't feel the same first. 'I was unpacking some books when I Iooked up and saw this girl. She was wearing an awful bright green jacket. She looked a bit sad and lonely and I felt quite sorry for her. We talked and she told me she had just returned from a trip abroad and didn't know anyone. Anyway, I offered to introduce her to my friends and came to like her more and more. Two years later we have become best friends. We're inseparable'.

Re: Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

Originally Posted by fuadha

Please if there is any mistake in the use of the Past simple, past continuous and past perfect; tell me why to choose another tense: Zeina and Rana were born and went school in Aleppo, but they hadn't met until they were at university. 'I had just come back from a two year trip abroad and I didn't know anybody', says Zeina. 'Rana worked in the library then, and I saw her every day. I liked her straightaway'. Zeina didn't feel the same at first. 'I was unpacking some books when I Iooked up and saw this girl. She was wearing an awful bright green jacket. She looked a bit sad and lonely and I felt quite sorry for her. We talked and she told me she had just returned from a trip abroad and didn't know anyone. Anyway, I offered to introduce her to my friends and came to like her more and more. Two years later we have become best friends. We're inseparable'.

Re: Past simple, past continuous and past perfect

Originally Posted by fuadha

Please if there is any mistake in the use of the Past simple, past continuous and past perfect; tell me why to choose another tense: Zeina and Rana were born and went school in Aleppo, but they hadn't met until they were at university. 'I had just come back from a two year trip abroad and I didn't know anybody', says Zeina. 'Rana worked in the library then, and I saw her every day. I liked her straightaway'. Zeina didn't feel the same first. 'I was unpacking some books when I Iooked up and saw this girl. She was wearing an awful bright green jacket. She looked a bit sad and lonely and I felt quite sorry for her. We talked and she told me she had just returned from a trip abroad and didn't know anyone. Anyway, I offered to introduce her to my friends and came to like her more and more. Two years later we became best friends. We're inseparable' [now].